The country’s largest church kicked off its Christmas season outreach with a shipment of 2,000 boxes of gifts to children across the globe.

Lakewood Church members gathered this weekend to package donated presents and pray over the boxes and their recipients. More than 200 Houston volunteers and dozens of children attended the packing party to box up presents for Operation Christmas Child.

The project continues a four-year-long partnership between Lakewood and Billy Graham’s international charity, Samaritan’s Purse. The organization distributes the toys, school supplies and clothing to 130 countries where children are in need.

“It was an awesome day,” wrote Lakewood member Carmen Hernandez, on the church’s Facebook page. “This won’t be the last time we serve.”

Surveys by the Red Cross and World Vision found that most Americans plan to keep charitable giving steady for the holidays, even if that means spending less on gifts.

People are feeling even more generous than they were last Christmas, according to the Red Cross report, with 7 in 10 planning to donate more or the same amount as they did last holiday season.

Lakewood is also holding a Christmas toy drive to collect gifts to distribute to single-parent families in the community, and Lakewood volunteers will serve the needy at The Beacon downtown on Christmas Eve.